The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-22
ITEMs OF INTEREST.

TIE skeleton cf a man was recently found in
a ruined hut on the banks OF the Red river, near
Caledonia, Oak, and in the pockets of the tat
tered clothing were s,reenbacks and gold and
silver 20 the amour OF nearly $500.
THE Germans are training dogs to do outpost
duty N the army and 10 perform all sorts OF
military services In addition to the canine
contingent the Prussians are modifying lot OF
hawks for the capture Of the French carrier
pigeons.
Or Friday, Nay s, William Shearer. Of New
Westminster B. c.. killed J. C. Muir On Satur-
day the murderer was indicted: on Monday the
trial began. and was, concluded that, week.
Shearer was convicted and sentenced 10 be
hanged on July p.
AS ROBERT BCRcH, of Rock Creek, Cal, was
watching the clouds during a severe thunder
storm flock Of wild geese passed over his
house. As they flew along flash OF lightning
seemed 70 pass through the dock, and siN OF
them fen to the ground dead.
The best characters OF English fiction, voted
by competitors to the P,;u Mall Gazette
prize, are Col. Newcombe, Count Fosco, Becky
Sharp The Vicar OF Wakefield, Inspector
BuyketJ and sam Weller, Under the head
OF best woman" Dinah Morris is given prcoe-
dence.
4 YOUNG MAN in Connecticut went to the first
picnic of the season in thin white suit and a
straw hat Before he got home two inches
of snow fell and a custard pie was frozen
to the seat OF his trousers. He is now wearing
an ulster, and carries two handkerchiefs In each
pocket.
THE Inudlide Russo, the official journal of the
Minister Of War, gives the effective forces of
the Car Jan. l. 1886. According
to this account the Russian regular army num-
bered at that time S24762 soldiers and 30,G55
generals and officers. The reserves amounted
10 l.60J,5lj men. the militia of the first call
counted 2, 900 men. And this without count
ing the Finland regiments.
An old fellow of whom nobody ever heard, ex-
cept, as the London Figaro says, the editor Of
the AimunGclt de GotIa," died the other day in
Germany. He was the Empress cousin, and
bore the fine title of his serene highness, the
Prince Friedrich August Rene de Salm de Ker-
bourg dAhaus and de Bochast Wild, Count of
Lenneberg and Grandee OF Spain. His name
was nearly as long as MS lfe and yet he
was s..
A NOVELTY in contests is a barrei-making
match. Such an one occurred in Cincinnati the
other evening, when Nick Cash and John Cul-
bertSon were pitted against Joseph Brown and
Thomas Walker, the two men making the best
whisky barrel in the shortest time to be declared
winners. Cash and CulbertSon finished their
barrel in thlrty-nine minutes, and Brown and
Walker in forty-nine, but the barrel of the latter
was so much better than the other that the
match was awarded to them.
THE celebrated horse Buccaneer, the sire of
thirteen animals which have become famous on
the turf, had to be shot in Vienna recently. He
had attained his twenty-sixth year. His hide
will be stuffed and placed near the similarly pre-
served remains of the renowned kinoSem, in the
Pesth Museum. Buccaneer was bought in 1865
by the Austrian government from Lord Ports
mouth for 1000 guineas. The winnings OF his
descendants at races in Austria, Germany, Eng
land and France have already amounted TO 2,0OU,
90 forms
MISS ELvIRA DELANEY is dying in a New Lon
don hospital from the effects of the bite of a
rat. Six weeks ago, while in Porto Rico, on her
aunt's plantation, she received the bite as she
lay in summer house. Nothing was thought
OF the scratch, but before the brig Moral1cy
reached New London with Miss Delaney she
was suffering from blood poisoning, ana now
there is little hope of her recovery 1t is thought
that the rat had eaten poisoned food placed
among the sugar canes for the purpose of xiii.
ing him and his kind.
CHINESE LABoRERs will not work in the big
canon through which the Cascades division of
ne Northern Pacific road runs, because several
Cinnamon have been killed there. They think
that it is inhabited by devils with antC Chinese
sentiments. Nine Cinnamon were killed there
some time ago by falling trees, and ten collins
were sent up. This was looked upon as a bad
omen by the Chinese, and they were very I'M
easy as long as the spare coffin lay around
camp. 1t was not long till rumpus occurred,
and a Chinaman was shot The Chinese thought
that this death had been brought about in order
that the odd coffin might be filed, and they con-
Guided to leave the place, and cannot be induced
to go back.
In Berlin recently there was birthday party
in honor of the eldest son of Prince William
eldest son of the Grown Prince. Among the
presents was small barrel organ from Prince
Il Ia+a,
of the imperial throne complained to Prince Bis
marck thai it tired him very much TO play the
organ, and asked him 10 play something The
Chancellor complied, and at once began turning
the handle, and with so much energy that the
sounds of the instrument drew the other men,
bers of the imperial family to the room The
children; delighted, began to dance. Thereupon
Prince William, looking at his eldest son. OBJ
served to the Chancellor: There is future En-
peror who already dances TO your pipingl"
Two architects were discussing the frequency
of cases where persons die soon after moving
into new houses which they have built for their
use. Said one architect: That such cases are
frequent l believe. l have known three or four
in my own practice. But the deaths are due to
exposure during the erection of the houses, or
to damp walls, or to waiting too long before
deciding to build. Some men don't 20 to an
architect until they are about ready to sue
cumb to Old age" The other replied: II too
have known number of cases of persons diving
llSJ aIDer Jney nave settled themselves their
new houses, and sometimes have thought that
their fate is in accordance with Scripture What
is that passage about the man who tore down his
barns and built greater, and whose soul was
required of him that mighty
OTwAY, of fame in the school books was
choked to death by a crust of bread that in his
hunger he sought ravenously to swallow. News
came from London the other day Of the death
of z. II. Potter, young artist of worth who
actually starved. Apropos of this death what
Howard Paul wrote in London letter a few
weeks ago is of interest; This huge, stony
hearted Babylon Is already overcrowded with
struggling painters, and only the highly gifted
and indomitable make their way. Caesar said
that it was better to be first in q village than
second at Rome, and no doubt it is better for a
man to live happily in his own native air, with
modest local renown than to plunge into the
overwhelming contest of London for not to sue
coed here is TO perish socially amid community
too busy TO observe and too vast to care or con
slider"
DAYS engagement in Boston at the largest
theatre in the city, the Boston Museum, exceeds
in its financial aspect any previous engagement
there, with the possible exception of Charles
Dickens readings. Dickens read there under
peculiar circumstances. Messrs. Fields, Osgood
& Co., the publishers, had captured Dickens for
the then literary centre Of America by having
him directly the authors copyright on his
works, as if Dickens was native author; and
all Boston turned out to do him honor, both